California firefighters have worked through the night to tackle a pair of wildfires threatening people's homes.
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Live aerial video footage broadcast by KABC-TV showed flames raging along a ridge-line at the edge of an affluent beachfront neighbourhood between Santa Monica and Malibu about 30km west of downtown Los Angeles.
Initially, a mandatory evacuation was ordered for about 200 homes in the Pacific Palisades community, as ground teams and helicopters worked on putting out hot spots and carving a containment line around the fire zone's perimeter.
However, the Los Angeles Fire Department later said all evacuation orders had been lifted from the Palisades fire, and residents could return home.
Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said winds were relatively light, helping to keep the blaze in check by reducing the amount of burning embers blown into the air.
Meanwhile, east of Los Angeles in San Bernardino County's Little Mountain area, a eight hectare brushfire that broke out on Monday evening and destroyed three homes, damaged six more and threatened others, fire officials said.
The cause of the fire is not known.
Australian Associated Press